Surface irrigation is a common pool resource characterized by asymmetric appropriation opportunities across upstream and downstream water users. Large canal systems are also predominantly managed by the state. This paper studies water allocation under an irrigation bureaucracy subject to corruption and rent-seeking.

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Orissa Vs State of Andhra Pradesh dated 15/02/2018 regarding construction of the Polavaram project (known as Indira Sagar Project) on the river Godavari at Polavaram.